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It is reckoned that a Roman Road linked the major fort at Castledykes near Lanark via Wishaw and Motherwell to a fort at Bothwellhaugh – now located in the Strathclyde Country Park. This was most probably a supply fort for the Antonine wall. All that remains of the fort are the foundations of a bath house which was discovered when the Clyde was rerouted to form the Park. The presence of a bath house indicates that the fort was occupied by a high ranking officer but little is known about the fort to support this supposition. Excavations indicate it was large enough for a cohors quingenaria equitata, a mixed unit of infantry and cavalry of about five-hundred horse and foot soldiers. The bath house has been reconstructed and an interpretation board has been installed giving details of its use. There is a persistent tradition of a Roman road crossing the Clyde at Bothwell Bridge on the line of its medieval successor and might even form part of a cross route extending beyond Bothwell.
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